Tag Archives: Turkey

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, March 9, 2023 Israel attacked the Aleppo International Airport in northwest Syria on March 7 and caused the international humanitarian aid for the earthquake victims to be canceled due to the damages of the airstrike. While the world is watching the suffering of …

by Uriel Araujo, published on InfoBRICS, February 10, 2023 The Turkish authorities in Ankara have been blocking Stockholm’s bid to join NATO allegedly over the Nordic country’s policies regarding Kurdish exile groups. On January 23, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan himself said Sweden should not expect any “goodwill” from his …

from the NewsDesk at The Cradle, published on February 17, 2023 Some 20 prisoners thought to be ISIS members escaped from Raju prison in northwestern Syria on 7 February, AFP has reported. The prison was affected by the massive earthquake that struck southern Turkiye and northern Syria the same day, …

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, February 6, 2023 Selective empathy. Syria and Turkey suffer massive  earthquake. But Western countries only send condolences and aid to  Turkey and not Syria (except for the terrorist enclave in Idlib)  (Editor) At least 780 are dead in Syria, with another 2,300 injured …

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, January 20, 2023 In November 2022, Saudi Arabia formally changed its stance on Syria. Saudi Arabia is the political powerhouse of the Middle East, and often shares positions on foreign policy and international issues with the UAE, which has previously re-opened their embassy …

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, January 20, 2023 Many Syrians may have left as refugees, but the country seems very crowded.  The US-NATO attack on Syria for regime change began in 2011 and brought in outside actors: Iran, Israel, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the US. The foreign …

from the News Desk at The Cradle, January 12, 2023 On 12 January, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with the special envoy of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss Moscow’s proposal to establish bilateral talks between Damascus and Ankara; however, Assad remarked that any talks between the two states …

from the News Desk at The Cradle, January 13, 2023 Note the date of the header image on this article.  In February of 2011, when the smiling and relaxed Turkish President met with Bashar Assad, he was already building camps for the families of insurgents expected to flee from Syria …

by Dave DeCamp, published on Antiwar.com, January 4, 2023 The State Department on Tuesday said that the US opposes other countries normalizing with the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad following high-level talks between Syria and Turkey. The defense ministers of Syria and Turkey met in Moscow at the end …

Phil Taylor speaks with Zafar Bangash on The Taylor Report: (The discussion about Syria and Turkey begins at 6:20)